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Bird flu researchers agree to 60-day halt (Update 2) International scientists on Friday agreed to a temporary two-month halt to controversial research on a bird flu virus that may be easily passed among humans, citing global health concerns.http://phys.org/news246285658.html
Other SciencesFri, 20 Jan 2012 12:41:19 ESTnews246285658Controversial 'bird flu' edits move ahead Top US scientists on Wednesday defended their bid to stop details of a mutant bird flu virus from being published and called for global cooperation to ward off an uncontrollable pandemic.http://phys.org/news243750388.html
BiologyThu, 22 Dec 2011 04:26:38 ESTnews243750388Past medical testing on humans revealed(AP) -- Shocking as it may seem, U.S. government doctors once thought it was fine to experiment on disabled people and prison inmates. Such experiments included giving hepatitis to mental patients in Connecticut, squirting a pandemic flu virus up the noses of prisoners in Maryland, and injecting cancer cells into chronically ill people at a New York hospital.http://phys.org/news218036160.html
Medicine & HealthSun, 27 Feb 2011 13:36:48 ESTnews218036160Universal flu vaccine successfully tested: report Scientists in Britain have successfully tested a vaccine which could work against all known flu strains, the Guardian newspaper reported Monday.http://phys.org/news216279726.html
Medicine & HealthMon, 07 Feb 2011 06:10:02 ESTnews216279726Flu: Drugs stockpile an option for rich countries, not poor Stockpiling antiviral drugs as a weapon against pandemic flu saves lives but, when measured as a tool for averting economic damage, is an option only open to rich countries, a study published on Wednesday said.http://phys.org/news215845203.html
Medicine & HealthWed, 02 Feb 2011 05:20:11 ESTnews215845203Boys will infect boys, swine flu study showsBoys predominantly pass on flu to other boys and girls to girls, according to a new study of how swine flu spread in a primary school during the 2009 pandemic, published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The results also suggest that flu transmission is most intensive between children of the same class, but that sitting next to an infected person does not significantly increase a child's risk of catching flu. The data will help researchers to model how epidemics spread and how interventions such as school closures can help contain an outbreak.http://phys.org/news215710935.html
Medicine & HealthMon, 31 Jan 2011 15:42:38 ESTnews215710935Pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine effective in 2009-10 flu seasonOne dose of the pandemic flu vaccines used in seven European countries conferred good protection against pandemic H1N1 influenza in the 2009-10 season, especially in people aged less than 65 years and in those without any chronic diseases. These findings from a study funded by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and coordinated by EpiConcept, Paris, France, published in this week's PLoS Medicine, give an indication of the vaccine effectiveness for the influenza A (H1N1) 2009 strain included in the 2010-11 seasonal vaccines.http://phys.org/news213990258.html
Medicine & HealthTue, 11 Jan 2011 17:44:31 ESTnews213990258Bacteria seek to topple the egg as top flu vaccine toolOnly the fragile chicken egg stands between Americans and a flu pandemic that would claim tens of thousands more lives than are usually lost to the flu each year.http://phys.org/news210870945.html
Medicine & HealthMon, 06 Dec 2010 15:30:06 ESTnews210870945Severe form of influenza can be treated more effectivelyFlu season is upon us and while getting the nasty bug is bad news, the good news is it's now possible to treat the severe form of the virus more effectively, according to a Ryerson University researcher. Though Canada is not expecting a pandemic flu season this winter Health Canada reports that about 4,000 to 8,000 Canadians die each year from flu-related pneumonia.http://phys.org/news210421305.html
Medicine & HealthWed, 01 Dec 2010 10:21:56 ESTnews210421305Swine flu variant linked to fatal cases might have disabled the clearing mechanism of lungs(PhysOrg.com) -- A variant of last year's pandemic influenza linked to fatal cases carried a mutation that enabled it to infect a different subset of cells lining the airway, according to new research. The study, due to be published next week in the Journal of Virology, suggests that the mutant virus could have impaired the lungs' ability to clear out germs. The researchers behind the study, from Imperial College London, the Medical Research Council National Institute for Medical Research and the University of Marburg said the findings highlight the potential for deadlier strains of flu to emerge and spread.http://phys.org/news206965382.html
Medicine & HealthFri, 22 Oct 2010 11:24:30 ESTnews206965382Expert warns of complacency after swine flu fizzle(AP) -- A leading virus expert urged health authorities around the world Sunday to stay vigilant even though the recent swine flu pandemic was less deadly than expected, warning that bird flu could spark the next global outbreak.http://phys.org/news202888262.html
Medicine & HealthSun, 05 Sep 2010 06:56:53 ESTnews202888262H1N1 flu virus used new biochemical trick to cause pandemic(PhysOrg.com) -- The influenza virus, scientists well know, is a crafty, shape-shifting organism, constantly changing form to evade host immune systems and jump from one species, like birds, to another, mammals.http://phys.org/news200225928.html
Medicine & HealthThu, 05 Aug 2010 12:11:30 ESTnews200225928WHO: Pharma interests didn't influence flu verdict(AP) -- The head of the World Health Organization said Tuesday that her decisions about swine flu were not influenced by advisers' links to pharmaceutical companies, which were pointed out in a critical journal article this month.http://phys.org/news195240068.html
Medicine & HealthTue, 08 Jun 2010 18:21:26 ESTnews195240068World was 'lucky' with swine flu: WHO chief World Health Organisation chief Margaret Chan said Monday that the world had been "lucky" with the swine flu pandemic after the virus failed to mutate to a more deadly form.http://phys.org/news193317977.html
Medicine & HealthMon, 17 May 2010 13:00:01 ESTnews193317977Hand-washing, mask-wearing may limit transmission of pandemic fluPracticing non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) such as hand-washing and mouth covering may help limit the transmission of the pandemic flu, but more research on these measures is critical according to a new study appearing in the May issue of AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC). The study presents findings which show that although significant knowledge was gained regarding NPIs and transmission of pandemic flu in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-funded studies, key concerns and gaps in the research related to the acceptability and protective efficacy of these measures remain.http://phys.org/news191760401.html
Medicine & HealthThu, 29 Apr 2010 12:00:01 ESTnews191760401Researcher to track spread of disease, malware and power outagesAn assistant professor with the Virginia Tech College of Engineering has won a $750,000 federal grant to formulate a mathematical framework that can track the spread of pandemics among populations and malware across wireless computer networks, as well as how a blackout occurring on one major power grid can cause a cascade of additional neighboring networks to fail.http://phys.org/news184510725.html
Other SciencesThu, 04 Feb 2010 13:10:01 ESTnews1845107251918 and 2009 H1N1 flu probably not spread by birdsThe two strains of the H1N1 influenza virus responsible for the 1918 and 2009 global flu pandemics do not cause disease in birds. The results of the study, published in the February issue of the Journal of General Virology, also show it is unlikely that birds played a role in the spread of the H1N1 virus in these pandemics.http://phys.org/news183152659.html
Medicine & HealthTue, 19 Jan 2010 20:00:01 ESTnews183152659Short-term school closures may worsen flu pandemics, study findsClosing schools for less than two weeks during a flu pandemic may increase infection rates and prolong an epidemic, say University of Pittsburgh researchers in a study published ahead-of-print and online in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. The findings, developed from a series of computer simulations based on U.S. census data, indicate that schools may need to be closed for at least eight weeks in order to significantly decrease the spread of infection.http://phys.org/news181399242.html
Medicine & HealthWed, 30 Dec 2009 12:50:04 ESTnews181399242Compound found to safely counter deadly bird fluThe specter of a drug-resistant form of the deadly H5N1 avian influenza is a nightmare to keep public health officials awake at night.http://phys.org/news180634278.html
Medicine & HealthMon, 21 Dec 2009 16:50:05 ESTnews180634278Six bad reactions to swine flu vaccine in Canada: official (Update) Six severe allergic reactions to swine flu vaccinations have been observed in Canada, health authorities said Tuesday, adding that all of the individuals are feeling better.http://phys.org/news178269887.html
Medicine & HealthTue, 24 Nov 2009 07:25:09 ESTnews178269887Researcher produces, ships only H1N1 vaccine available for swineThe only swine vaccine available for the H1N1 virus has been sent to vaccinate a swine herd infected with the virus. The vaccination marks the first time vaccine has been sent to a swine herd diagnosed with the pandemic flu.http://phys.org/news178212412.html
Medicine & HealthMon, 23 Nov 2009 15:27:27 ESTnews178212412Vaccines on horizon for AIDS, Alzheimer's, herpes(AP) -- Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea. You name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working on a vaccine to prevent it.http://phys.org/news177690830.html
Medicine & HealthTue, 17 Nov 2009 14:34:41 ESTnews177690830CDC now says 4,000 swine flu deaths in US(AP) -- Federal health officials now say that 4,000 or more Americans likely have died from swine flu - about four times the estimate they've been using.http://phys.org/news177186728.html
Medicine & HealthWed, 11 Nov 2009 18:50:01 ESTnews177186728In Europe, most swine flu shots by invitation only(AP) -- In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine. Doctor's offices aren't swamped with desperate calls. And there are no cries of injustice that the vaccine is going to wealthy corporations or healthy people who don't really need it.http://phys.org/news176741297.html
Medicine & HealthFri, 06 Nov 2009 14:49:24 ESTnews176741297Pandemic flu vaccine campaigns may be undermined by coincidental medical eventsThe effectiveness of pandemic flu vaccination campaigns - like that now underway for H1N1 - could be undermined by the public incorrectly associating coincidental and unrelated health events with the vaccines.http://phys.org/news176147112.html
Medicine & HealthFri, 30 Oct 2009 18:45:53 ESTnews176147112Medical ethics experts identify, address key issues in H1N1 pandemicThe anticipated onset of a second wave of the H1N1 influenza pandemic could present a host of thorny medical ethics issues best considered well in advance, according to the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics, which today released nine papers for public discussion.http://phys.org/news172931869.html
Medicine & HealthWed, 23 Sep 2009 14:00:01 ESTnews172931869Man-made crises 'outrunning our ability to deal with them,' scientists warnThe world faces a compounding series of crises driven by human activity, which existing governments and institutions are increasingly powerless to cope with, a group of eminent environmental scientists and economists has warned.http://phys.org/news171883610.html
EarthFri, 11 Sep 2009 10:40:01 ESTnews171883610Study: Vaccination of 70 percent of US population could control swine flu pandemicAn aggressive vaccination program that first targets children and ultimately reaches 70 percent of the U.S. population would mitigate pandemic influenza H1N1 that is expected this fall, according to computer modeling and analysis of observational studies conducted by researchers at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (VIDI) at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.http://phys.org/news171811547.html
Medicine & HealthThu, 10 Sep 2009 14:26:08 ESTnews171811547Was the public health response to swine flu alarmist?The public health measures taken in response to swine flu may be seen as alarmist, overly restrictive, or even unjustified, says a US expert in a paper published on BMJ.com today.http://phys.org/news171227423.html
Medicine & HealthThu, 03 Sep 2009 20:10:48 ESTnews171227423H1N1 pandemic virus does not mutate into 'superbug' in new lab study(PhysOrg.com) -- A laboratory study by University of Maryland researchers suggests that some of the worst fears about a virulent H1N1 pandemic flu season may not be realized this year, but does demonstrate the heightened communicability of the virus.http://phys.org/news171017947.html
Medicine & HealthTue, 01 Sep 2009 10:00:11 ESTnews171017947